Lars, thanks again for replying.I've got yourself and James now trying to help me.
On Tue, 2003-06-10 at 14:02, Lars Holmström wrote: > The logfile says : "Mother imapd-ssl: chdir Maildir: No such file or > directory" > > So it looks like yu do not have a propoer Maildir in your $HOME directory. > > You need to fix this first. I did the following since mail folder is in the maildir format cp ~/Mail/ ~/maildir/ -R > > Does the logfile extract really contain all lines ? I usually also got some > entries for the password. Yes > You need to match the password against your user. I thought this was done by the authentication module that it uses, ie, pam, shadow or etc. Everything with the exception of Courier that requires a password to this box works perfectly. > > I would also suggest you create a new user and then run maildirmake for this > user. If this works your failing account is probably not correct configured. I'll try this shortly... if James' suggestions fail. > > /Lars > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Marvin R. Pierce" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Lars Holmström" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: "Courier IMAP" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 1:09 AM > Subject: Re: [courier-users] Newbie IMAP ? > > > Lars, > > Hope you stay with me for a moment - I appreciate help. > > /etc/courier/imapd does not contain that line so adding at the bottom of > file. > > Also imapd contains this: > # Address to listen on, can be set to a single IP address. > # > # ADDRESS=127.0.0.1 > ADDRESS=0 > > Do I need to add address, i.e., server is 202.44.168.xxx; network is > 192.168.1.0/24 (port 143 is open in iptables firewall). > > See message body re login > > On Tue, 2003-06-10 at 07:55, Lars Holmström wrote: > > Marvin, > > > > You may do like this > > > > # adduser <user> -s /sbin/nologin > debian sys does not have /sbin/nologin > adduser mpierce says user exists (probably from samba) > > > # passwd <user> > passwd user OK (probably from samba) > > > ...... > > > > make sure /etc/courier/imapd contain > > > > DEBUG_LOGIN=2 > > OK > > > > > Then you may watch /var/log/maillog to see if a correct username is > > enterred. > > > > If you do not find the problem I guess you need to post extract from the > > /var/log/maillog and the /etc/courier/imapd file to this list. > > Here is extract from /var/log/mailog > Jun 10 08:47:06 Mother imapd-ssl: LOGIN FAILED, > ip=[::ffff:192.168.1.252] > Jun 10 08:47:26 Mother imapd-ssl: Connection, ip=[::ffff:192.168.1.252] > Jun 10 08:47:32 Mother imapd-ssl: LOGIN, user=mpierce, > ip=[::ffff:192.168.1.252] > Jun 10 08:47:32 Mother imapd-ssl: chdir Maildir: No such file or > directory > Jun 10 08:47:38 Mother imapd-ssl: Connection, ip=[::ffff:192.168.1.252] > Jun 10 08:47:38 Mother imapd-ssl: LOGIN, user=mpierce, > ip=[::ffff:192.168.1.252] > Jun 10 08:47:38 Mother imapd-ssl: chdir Maildir: No such file or > directory > > IMAPD stock standard except for debug line here is snapshot: > ADDRESS=0 > PORT=143 > # AUTHSERVICE143=imap > # AUTHSERVICE993=imap > MAXDAEMONS=4 > MAXPERIP=4 > PIDFILE=/var/run/courier/imapd.pid > TCPDOPTS="-nodnslookup -noidentlookup" > AUTHMODULES="authdaemon" > AUTHMODULES_ORIG="authdaemon > > # IMAP_CAPABILITY="IMAP4rev1 CHILDREN NAMESPACE THREAD=ORDEREDSUBJECT > THREAD=REFERENCES SORT QUOTA AUTH=CRAM-MD5 AUTH=CRAM-SHA1 > > IMAP_CAPABILITY="IMAP4rev1 CHILDREN NAMESPACE THREAD=ORDEREDSUBJECT > THREAD=REFERENCES SORT QUOTA > > IMAP_CAPABILITY_ORIG="IMAP4rev1 CHILDREN NAMESPACE THREAD=ORDEREDSUBJECT > THREAD=REFERENCES SORT AUTH=CRAM-MD5 AUTH=CRAM-SHA1 IDLE > > IMAP_CAPABILITY_TLS="$IMAP_CAPABILITY AUTH=PLAIN" > > IMAP_DISABLETHREADSORT=0 > IMAP_CHECK_ALL_FOLDERS=0 > IMAP_OBSOLETE_CLIENT=0 > IMAP_ULIMITD=65536 > IMAP_USELOCKS=0 > IMAP_EMPTYTRASH=Trash:7 > IMAP_MOVE_EXPUNGE_TO_TRASH=0 > SENDMAIL=/usr/sbin/sendmail > IMAPDSTART=YES > DEBUG_LOGIN=2 > > > > > /Lars > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "mpierce" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "Lars Holmström" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Cc: "Courier IMAP" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Monday, June 09, 2003 10:54 PM > > Subject: Re: [courier-users] Newbie IMAP ? > > > > > > Lars, > > Thanks for reply. I'm frankly lost here. Like another user post from > > this morning, I've read thru docs and have not found how to configure > > this thing. > > > > My server is a carbon copy of what worked on my laptop so user mail > > accounts setup that is exim, procmail, fetchmail, etc. all work and will > > retrieve my mail from 4 accounts. > > > > Where do I setup accounts for Courier to read, i.e., username and > > password for authentication. > > > > If I setup an IMAP account in my mail client, it fails with password > > authentication. > > Marvin > > --- > > On Mon, 2003-06-09 at 20:06, Lars Holmström wrote: > > > It depends how you would like courier imap to work. > > > One way would be to create accounts in the Linuxbox and have Maildir in > > the > > > users homedirectories and let this be your existing Maildir. > > > /Lars > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "mpierce" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: "Courier IMAP" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sent: Monday, June 09, 2003 10:59 AM > > > Subject: [courier-users] Newbie IMAP ? > > > > > > > > > > New to IMAP not Linux. > > > > > > > > OBJECTIVE: Want my server to be able to receive mail and forward to > > > > other machines on LAN or that my log in; suggested I setup an IMAP > > > > server in lieu of trying to writing exim or procmail forwarding rules. > > > > Attempting to get it running right now on the following equipment > server > > > > (reading thru the docs but have 2 questions): > > > > > > > > SYSTEM: > > > > Libranet 2.8 (Debian 3 - sarge) > > > > exim-tls 3.35-3 #MTA > > > > spamassassin 2.55-2 > > > > procmail 3.22-7 > > > > fetchmail 6.2.1-1 > > > > razor-agents-sdk-2.03 > > > > razor-agents-2.22 > > > > dcc-dccproc-1.1.36 > > > > evolution 1.2.3-2 #MUA, mail-client > > > > > > > > courier-authdaemon_0.39.1-1 > > > > courier-base_0.39.1-1 > > > > courier-doc_0.39.1-1 > > > > courier-imap-ssl_1.4.3-3.3 > > > > courier-imap_1.5.1-1 > > > > courier-ssl_0.37.3-3.3 > > > > > > > > I have a simple server with two NICS, eth0 202.44.168.xxx and eth1 lan > > > > (192.168.1.1) to which my notebook (192.168.1.252) and another machine > > > > (192.168.1.253) are connected. > > > > > > > > The server has been configured to do: > > > > fetchmail --> procmail --> spamassassin (using razor & dcc rules) into > > > > mail boxes (maildir format) > > > > > > > > Exim is not shown in the loop as I only use it to send the mail out > > > > using its smarthost feature as procmail is doing the final delivery. > > > > > > > > Q. Where do I configure courier for username and password? (There are > > > > six files in /etc/courier > > > > > > > > Q. Will it use my exiting ~/Mail folder which is in maildir format? > > > > > > > > Thanks > > > > Marvin > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > > > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Etnus, makers of TotalView, The > best > > > > thread debugger on the planet. Designed with thread debugging features > > > > you've never dreamed of, try TotalView 6 free at www.etnus.com. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > courier-users mailing list > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Unsubscribe: > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/courier-users > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Etnus, makers of TotalView, The best > > > thread debugger on the planet. 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